I am currently a freshman going to be a sophomore in the fall. I am a Nursing major. I recently attended Millikin University a private school. However my GPA is not where it’s at . First semester I had a 2.3 gpa. Second semester I ended with a 1.7 gpa. before the second semester ended I wanted to transfer. I really want to transfer now but I don’t know my chance of getting into another university . My act score is not where it needs to be neither but my high school gpa is fine. Overall I did not put any effort in my classes except one or two and I’m disappointed in myself. To much procrastinating non studying and parting is what happened. I know I have potential to pull my grades up. The too colleges I want to transfer to is Northern Illinois University or Eastern Illinois University. If I write a personal statement would that more or less help me with the acceptance discussion. The last option is to stay where I am and then transfer. should I at least try to apply to those colleges and see if maybe they will accept me but I’ll be put in some academic program?
Yeah that really doesnt look great given that you dont have a great reason behind the grade either but you know that already. if you could even pull up ur gpa .3 you could apply to other schools. If you are really serious about leaving pull at least 3.0 then transfer.
" To much procrastinating non studying and parting is what happened. I know I have potential to pull my grades up."
To be honest, I am surprised that Millikin hasn’t put you on academic suspension, or your parents haven’t cut off the money for college. Do think very carefully about whether or not you really do want to be in college right now. Nursing is a tough major. In order to finish that program, you need to be able to commit fully to it. When you are truly ready to do that, make an appointment with the tutoring center on campus, and get help with developing the skills you need to have in order to be the successful student that you want to be.
Drop out and enroll at a community college. This will give you a blank slate and given enough time, hard-work, and dedication you could enroll anywhere and study whatever you want. Also, community college is a lot cheaper and whoever is paying your current costs probably wouldn’t mind having to spend less.
Stay at your current school and do better. This may not be what you want to do but it would be the one that requires the least disturbance to your life. If you can learn from your mistakes you can achieve great things.
Drop out of college completely. This may be a hard pill to swallow but if you aren’t willing to do either of the first two options I listed your actions would indicate that you don’t truly want to be in college. If this is the case stop wasting time and money. Go out into the world and find the path you like the most.
I’ll finish by saying that you still have opportunities to do well you just have to take them. Since you’re only going into you’re sophomore year this is even more true! Don’t focus on the bad and instead learn to realize that you can always do better no matter what situation you’re in.
“Drop out and enroll at a community college. This will give you a blank slate…”
Not entirely accurate as the OP will need to present copies of the original transcripts with those ugly grades when applying to transfer, but the general point still holds. Enrolling a community college where the costs are a lot lower can make excellent sense.
I agree with everyone who has said to enroll in a community college. You’ll be able to complete your major prerequisites at an affordable price while also (hopefully) recovering your GPA. Your current GPA from your private school will have to be reported when you’re applying to transfer, but if admissions officers see an upward grade trend, you’ll have a higher chance of acceptance. Best of luck with this huge decision.